majiayu000 Development Environment
Builds the project and runs a full development environment with 1 server and 4 clients.
Instructions
- Run the dev command:
make dev
What This Does
- Builds the project (if needed)
- Starts 1 server instance on 0.0.0.0:1234
- Waits 1 second for server to initialize
- Starts 4 client instances with 1-second delays between each
- Waits for you to press Enter to stop all processes
Expected Behavior
You should see:
Starting Gambit development environment...
- 1 Server (0.0.0.0:1234)
- 4 Clients (connecting to 127.0.0.1:1234)
Press Ctrl+C to stop all processes...
Starting server...
Starting 4 clients...
Development environment running!
PIDs: 12345 12346 12347 12348 12349
Then 4 game windows will open, each with a different colored player (Red, Green, Blue, Yellow).
Stopping the Environment
- Press
Ctrl+Cto stop all processes and close all windows - All server and client processes will be terminated automatically
- All game windows will close cleanly
Notes
- This simulates a 4-player multiplayer game
- Each client gets a unique color assigned by the server
- Perfect for testing networked gameplay features
- The server and clients run in the background
- All processes are cleaned up when you press Enter